TOPIA’s Jolly Good Gift Guide 2022 kicked off by Beatie Wolfe
“A gift I find myself continually returning to is the gift of planting trees for others from the Arbor Day Foundation” says Beatie Wolfe
Looking for a new subwoofer, foot spa or Playstation? You’re in the wrong place. This is just about the really good stuff – as recommended by Beatie Wolfe, Love Ssega, Jill Heinerth, DJ Yoda, Lisa Snowdon and more people keeping the planet cool
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Lisa Goldapple
1. Beatie Wolfe
Good Gift: Arbor Day celebration trees
Musical visionary and eco-activist Beatie Wolfe has beamed her music into space, set NASA climate data to music, featured with R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe on the world’s first commercially available bioplastic record (which is produced by Brian Eno) and is working to preserve music with the Global Music Vault.
“Agift I find myself continually returning to is the gift of planting trees for others from the Arbor Day Foundation. You can get a printed card sent to the recipient but I prefer to save the paper and go with a digital PDF. You can either pick the forest these trees are planted in or choose ‘a forest of great need’, which is my preferred option. And people seem to be really happy with their celebration trees so it’s a win-win. If you buy the new book from CEO Dan Lambe, Now Is the Time for Trees, the Arbor Day Foundation will plant one tree for each book sold.
Pussy Riot and Beatie Wolfe among 11 leading activist musicians
Topia Magazine features “The Artists are Revolting”, the 11 musicians turning their activism up to 11 under title “Space sister with sonic visions”
THE ARTISTS ARE REVOLTING
11 musicians turning their activism up to 11
From rappers challenging gender roles to bands kicking back against a music industry devalued by on-demand, musicians are making a racket to stamp on the status quo
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Martin Guttridge-Hewitt
The list includes: Lucy Spraggan, The Scaramanga Six, Purdy, Pussy Riot, Ms Nina, IDLES, Love Ssega, Denise Chaila, Dope Saint Jude, Daytimers, and Beatie Wolfe
BEATIE WOLFE
Space sister with sonic visions
Award-winning, pioneering artist Beatie Wolfe reinvents how we listen to music, creating innovative concepts for the digital age. The world’s first 360-degree AR stream, used for her album Raw Space, was conceived in Bell Labs’ anechoic chamber – the quietest room on the planet. COP26 saw her artwork projected onto the conference’s Armadillo building, a protest piece showing 800,000 years of rising CO2 levels, built using historic climate data from NASA. She also advocates for music’s use in dementia treatment. Find out how she beamed music into space, and about her upcoming eco documentary in TOPIA’s interview with the artist.